A random selection of photographs showing wildlife visiting our nursery and garden.

Butteflies and Moths

Scabiosa perfecta Blue with ‘Clouded Yellow’
Red Admiral on Verbena bonariensis
Stokesia ‘Purple Parasols’ with Brimstone
Red Admiral on Sedum ‘Matrona’
Brimstone on Lythrum
Small Copper on Aster frikartii ‘Monch’
Gatekeeper on Meadowsweet
Small Skipper on Bird’s Foot Trefoil
Six Spot Burnet on Betony
Meadow Brown on Bramble
Silver Washed Fritillary on Echinacea purpurea ‘Magnus’
Scabiosa cretica with Brimstone
Peacocks on Liatris spicata
Comma on Verbena bonariensis
Orange Tip on Cardamine pratensis
Small Copper onSedum erythrostictum ‘Mediovariegatum’
Painted Lady on Knautia macedonica ‘Red Knight’
Verbena bonariensis with Large Skipper
Comma on Grapes

Bees…

Salvia sclarea ‘Turkestanica’ with bumblebee
Bee enjoying Sedum erythrostictum ‘Mediovariegatum’
Eryngium x zabelii ‘Big Blue’ with honeybee
Cirsium rivulare ‘Atropurpureum’ with bee
Bumblebee on Helenium ‘Butterpat’
Honeybee on Helenium ‘Sahin’s Early Flowerer’
Echinacea purpurea ‘Cheyenne Spirit’ and honeybee
Echinacea with bee
Eremurus with bumblebee

..and Others

Crab Spider in Digitalis ‘Snow Thimble’
White garden crab spider on Zantedechia
Crab Spider in Digitalis ‘Snow Thimble’
Nesting Wren
Eryngium x zabelii ‘Big Blue’ with soldier beetles
Bee Fly on Pulmonaria Diana Clare
Common Darter on Blackthorn
Leucanthemum with wasp beetle
Bee Fly on Pulmonaria Diana Clare
Limnanthes with Oedemera nobilis